A Feudal Fanfiction: Let's Play Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask

We’re back!

You disappeard [sic] so suddenly. We were worried.

Even Sango, who went to look for you, didn’t come back.

Anyway, we’re glad you’re safe.

I’m sorry.

Hmm. You look happy. Did something good happen?

Not really, almost died.

Not exactly.

WOW THAT’S CREEPY

I don’t get offended.

Of course, I was worried about Sango too.

Were you really, Miroku?

Yes I was.

Why are you blushing, Sango?

I wonder if Sango likes Miroku?

If you can’t tell, Miroku is sexually assaulting Sango. As he do.

Miroku, why are you touching me?

Uh, ehehehe.

WHAP

I hate all of this.

Sango’s gonna get into a bad mood again.

I see. Sango was treating me like that, because Miroku was giving me so much attention. It’s not because she doesn’t like me.

FUCK OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFF

Is something wrong?

No, it’s nothing. That’s right! I found a road that goes to the castle.

Really!!

Yes. You can get there from a cave on the outskirts of the village.

Breaking our promise.

You sure seem enthusiastic!

WE WERE TRYING TO GET THERE, WEREN’T WE?!\

Do I? Well, I had a good day today!

YOU REALLY DIDN’T, YOU GOT HIT WITH A LARGE BLADE

Yeah, we’re staying.

Thank you, Densuke. Good night.

Sounds good, I agree.

Anime. So, who do you want to travel with today?

Sango.

Thank you.

Me too.

Me too!

Did she just immediately ditch us?

What?

Have you seen Sango?

Isn’t she in the woods practicing like she always does?

Thanks! I’ll go see.

You’re here again. I’m not doing anything interesting.

WE WERE EXPLICITLY SUPPOSED TO HANG OUT THOUGH?

Do you remember you were saying that you’re just a regular human being?

Yes.

Well, do you think if I practiced I could become like you?

Huh? Well, um…

Please Buy My Protagonist A Sword

Hmmm…Would you like to try to carry my Hiraikotsu?

Yes. Wow! Sure I’d love to!

FINALLY.

Here, I’ll hold this side.

Wow! It’s heavy.

Bom!

Aaaaaa!

I’m surprised at how heavy it is.

Ha ha. Now do you understand? Nothing is easy, not even getting strong.

I’m going to try hard so I can be like you one day.

Yes. It’s important to think that way.

What is that?

It’s soap. You wash your face and body with it.

Thanks game, now I’m thinking about Miroku’s incredible stink. In fact, this entire TIME PERIOD STINKS.

That’s why you always smell so good.

Hmmm…

Kagome!

Huh?

I need to ask you a favor. Would you share some of that soap with me?

Sure. But what for?

Um…

Maybe he’s going to give it to Sango as a present. Sure, you can have it.

Okay this keeps pissing me off. I don’t remember the characters themselves pushing this relationship so much in the original.

I’m very grateful.

Yeah, he went running by.

So this is a background you only see in a couple of interval events.

Okayo: What a nice smell! What is it?

It’s called “soap.” It will make you even more beautiful!

Okayo: Beautiful? Oh, I think my dad can really use this! Thank you so much, Miroku! Bye!

Ahh…That’s not what I had in mind.

Anime gained a stronger friendship with Sango.

Yes. Thank you.

Densuke: Take care.

Heading to our secret route…

Let’s head to Castle Town! The pass is pretty uneventful, so I guess I’ll leave you here and meet you in

Huh.

I can hear the voice of a young woman.

Woman: A demon! Someone help me!

What?

Oh, and she’s a beautiful woman.

You can tell just from her voice?

There’s no mistake. Let’s go.

He sure reacts quickly when it comes to women.

Whatever. If it’s a demon, we gotta fight him. Everyone, let’s go!

Oh dear.

Hahaha…

Yurihime: Travelers, please help me.

It really is a beautiful woman! Wow, Miroku!

DON’T PRAISE HIM

Don’t waste your time on stupid things. Let’s go!

That almost wasn’t fair.

Get off me!

And then Inuyasha just hits him with his sword.

Oh, it’s nothing.

Yurihime: I don’t know what would have become of me, if you hadn’t saved me.

Koto: Oh, I know.

I’m here now, so everything will be alright.

Kinu: You’re so strong.

Koto: You really are a handsome monk.

Hahaha, I never get hurt by such small demons.

You didn’t even do anything in that battle.

Come on, you’re such a flirt.

Either way, it looks like there aren’t any more demons. We should go.

You’re right. It’s still a ways to the castle. We need to hurry.

Yurihime: Wait a minute. I would like to show my appreciation. If you would like, please come to the mansion.

This seems suspish.

Thank you very much. We will gladly go with you.

God dammit.

Yeah, no more distractions!

Yurihime: Of course, I’ll prepare you a delicious meal.

Food, huh? Actually, I’m starving.

Koto: I’ll prepare meat and fish and mountain vegetables.

Kinu: There are a lot of demons ahead. If you come, we could at least feed you a good meal.

It seems pretty dangerous around here.

Maybe it’s a good idea if we go to the mansion.

No, no!

It would be scary to part ways here.

Yes, I agree.

As long as I am here, you don’t need to worry about demons.

He sure reacts quickly when it comes to this sort of thing.

I guess we’re at this house now.

We’ll see what’s up with all this next time.

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I know I already brought this up on SA but god this game’s dialogue is a lot more brain melting than I remember it being

I know, right? I’m not even sure how to describe this kind of bad translation. It’s like it’s right on the cusp of subtle insanity and blatant insanity; it isn’t always clear why the dialogue is insane, but it is always clear that the dialogue is insane.

It’s the lovely combination of a poorly written game translated poorly.

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So I guess we’re just here now.

Me neither.

Her voice actress says “neither” with an i sound and not an e sound and it’s weird.

Yeah that’s right, this is a Miroku episode.

Yurihime: Oh, Miroku. Such sweet words.

I never flatter.

Yurihime: Really?

Really.

REALLY.

He really lays it on, doesn’t he?

Yeah, really.

Gurl you don’t need him, just join the Anime Club.

Sango, you broke your chopsticks. Are you mad?

It’s because of Miroku.

It’s such a beautiful night.

Yurihime: Would you like to go outside, Miroku?

Sure, let’s go.

They’re gone.

No shit.

Hmmm. Is he what you would call a ladies’ man.

I don’t think you would call someone that in the Sengoku period.

Hey, Sango, should we let them go?

  1. No this whole thing is super sus
  2. Please leave Sango alone

It doesn’t have anything to do with me.

Am I the only one that sees that it does?

Fuck off.

DON’T ENCOURAGE IT.

Poor Sango. Miroku is such a ladies’ man. But why is Miroku taking this dangerous journey to find Naraku? I can understand that he wants to meet a bunch of girls but…Cuz it really doesn’t seem like he’s out to save the world.

Wind Tunnel? Is that the power that Miroku has?

Yes. But it’s not exactly a power. It’s a curse that was put on his right hand, by Naraku.

Is that right? Poor guy. But why would Naraku give him the Wind Tunnel? Doesn’t it help him?

As time goes by, the Wind Tunnel grows. Eventually, it will swallow Miroku up.

Does that mean Miroku will die?

That’s the plan.

Yes.

I didn’t realize what he’s been though.

Now we get to stretch our legs. If we talk to anyone here…

It’s a curse that was put on his right hand, by Naraku.

It’s not that simple.

We get two reused voice clips that don’t make sense in this context.

There’s also something here, with no indication as such.

Strange? Like what? Was somebody badmouthing someone on the wall?

No, but it’s kinda spooky.

What are you so scared of? Scardy-cat. [sic]

INUYASHA, COME ON. YOU DIDN’T EVEN WANNA COME HERE CUZ IT WAS SUS.

YEAH, YOU FUCKIN’ SEE?

Blood…I wonder what happened?

I don’t know. But there’s something going on in this mansion.

I’m getting worried about the monk.

Yeah, let’s go check on him.

Well, I don’t know anyone here, there’s no dog, I’m getting a bit tired, I’m just gonna go home.

I need to use the bathroom.

Kagome why are you blushing don’t make this weird.

Kinu: You should go after the party.

Use the bathroom after the party?

The writing in this game is so fucking weird!

Koto: Yes. Please just go back to the room.

Something is definitely strange.

Yes.

Koto: They’re suspicious.

Kinu: They’re suspicious.

We’re suspicious.

W-What?

Koto: Until the master gets the monk’s liver, don’t let them leave the room.

Aw shit, what did I tell you people? We’re dealing with a Journey to the West here. Some demon wants to fuck and/or eat Miroku.

Kinu: Okay. Kill. Kill.

The delivery on all this is amazing by the way.

Also now they’re heads.

No, this is their true form.

I mean, they still technically transformed. It goes both ways.

They won’t get us that easily.

One fight later.

No cutscene, just control. We’ll move up to see what’s going on.

Oh dear.

Happy, happy!

There’s so many demons!

They’re having a party.

Aw man, more strangers.

We’re going to be able to eat some female flesh soon!

Young girls’ flesh! Young girls’ flesh!

Young girls? Are they talking about us?

It looks like there’s something on the other side of all those demons.

I don’t think we can get over there.

Yes, there’s too many of them.

Well, fuck. Let’s see what else there is around.

Hell yeah there’s booze.

It says Ayakashi Spring Sake.

I’ve heard that this sake is the demons’ favorite.

We can trick the demons into going somewhere else by using this sake.

Good idea.

We got booze!

Alright, we’ll bottleneck 'em!

I agree. Put it here.

From over there. I can’t wait, I’m going to get some.

It looks like it’s working.

Here they come. Be careful.

I’m going to do you all a favor and skip over this next part, because it is nothing but back to back fights for FIFTEEN MINUTES STRAIGHT, and that’s with my emulator’s fast forward on at 120% speed.

Okay, let’s go.

Miroku must be somewhere ahead.

Yes! Hurry!

We’ll see what Miroku’s up to next time!

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And we’re back! Gonna be a short one this time.

Oh, Miroku’s fine, I guess.

That’s Miroku’s voice.

I think he’s just ahead.

Yurihime: Please, I’m so lonely. Comfort me?

If it’s alright with you.

Gross.

Miroku…

Yurihime: Oh, Miroku!

Huh?

That dirty monk.

Yurihime: I’ve got him now.

Wait, Sango. Something’s not right.

Wait, Sango! Something isn’t right with Miroku.

Sango, settle down!

We gave them some nice alcohol.

If you’re talkin’ about your demon guards, we destroyed them all.

With cirrhosis!

Yurihime: Why, you…

Sango just smacked into some kinda barrier like a bird.

Oboro: You’re wasting your time trying to save the monk. He’s in a trance right now. You can’t do anything, because this place is protected by a barrier.

Miroku, wake up! Wake up!

I’ll use my Tetsusaiga to break it!

No, Inuyasha. If you break the barrier, it could endanger Miroku.

Shoot.

I love this line, it’s very good.

Oboro: Now give me your power.

It’s not that easy.

If Miroku knows one thing, it’s how to get up.

Too bad for you…

Oboro: It can’t be!

Hey, the barrier disappeared.

Now we can beat her the hell up!

If there’s no barrier, we’ve got the upper hand. Everyone, let’s attack.

Let’s beat her the hell up!

The only notable thing about this fight is that I start using co-op techs. Co-ops require two energy costs and two turns to use, but they deal massive damage, so they’re pretty much entirely the territory of bosses. They also have little animated cutscenes which is neat.

Anyway, we beat her the hell up.

Not particularly!

Because you distracted the demons, I was able to destroy the crystal which was the source of the barrier.

That was apparent.

The source of the barrier? You knew all along?

Anime…

I really thought you were in a trance.

Were you impressed? Do you love me now?

After this is done, we can just…pretend Miroku doesn’t exist.

Wait a second…you dirty monk!

You don’t give up, do you?

If only he wasn’t such a ladies’ man.

Stop enabling him.

Poor Sango.

I really don’t get Miroku.

Yeah, boys are weird. Girls are a lot better.

We should go back to Tsuzumi Village. Let’s get a good rest and then head for the castle.

Good idea.

Next time, we get a good rest and head for the castle.

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Back at it again in Tsuzumi Village.

Okay, I agree.

The demon that has ruined most of our lives and holds the secret to my presence here is still at large and we still know exactly where he is, but yeah, let’s take another break.

Anime. So, who do you want to travel with today?

Time for Sango to go to another Anime club meeting.

Thank you.

Yeah, it’s not like you’d ever know. Also yeah, since we’ve been spending so much time with Sango, people are gonna keep out of their own fuckin’ lane about it.

Huh? Do I have too? [sic]

Good idea, I’ll go too.

We can’t just sit around here. Let’s go.

Yet another time where we explicitly plan to spend the day with Sango and it turns out she’s ditched us for a while.

Do you want some dried fish? Here. Is it okay? H-Hey, Kirara. Where are you going?

And Kirara just kinda…glides away.

Oh hey Sango.

Sango!

What?

I thought we were going to spend the day together! >:(

Oh, thanks for feeding Kirara. You’ve made Kirara very happy, I can tell.

Oh, it wasn’t much. But, Kirara always knows where you are, doesn’t she? She went running directly to you.

She…didn’t? Sango wasn’t here at first. Anime, please.

Kohaku, the one that Naraku…

Yes, he’s my only brother.

We’re all quite aware. I think Kohaku has like one more appearance in this game before it’s over.

You don’t have to look so sad. One day I will get him back. So don’t look like you’re gonna cry.

Yes.

I think we will get along fine.

How did she end up comforting me instead? Sango is so kind.


Anime gained a stronger friendship with Sango.

No other scene this time.

Okay.

Damn right, let’s go!

The pass goes by without incident. We’re finally here!

Yeah, but I’m getting a weird feeling.

Yes. I do sense something strange.

Things aren’t always as they seem, otherwise we’d have no need for monks like Miroku.

…WHAT

Yeah, I guess so.

Das what I wanna know.

No? It’s bright and sunny and we can see a big crowd of people right here.

Maybe so.

Yes. But, I’ll be happy as long as I can take a bath!

So this, along with some lines a few hours later, imply that some serious time compression is going on with the roads between towns and they actually take some time to go through, which makes sense for how big the world map looks, but keep it under your hat for a little bit later.

I have words.

A bath? We don’t need one of those yet. What do you think, Kagome?

I dunno, dude, she’s the one who brought it up.

Also he sniffs her, rude.

You’re awful! Sit! Sit! Sit! Stupid Inuyasha!


Times three.

There they go again!

So now let’s get into Castle Town proper. The first thing you see is these two stores that’ll say they’re each cheaper than the other and ask you to get in line. Each of them has slightly different wares and we’ve got money burning a hole, so I buy a few healing items.

The inn is always a good place to find information, and hey, whaddaya know. Also this is just how it starts, we didn’t say anything.

Shino: Everyone! These guys want to go to the castle!

Well, we don’t even know yet whether or not we can get there.

Three more women come out and isn’t that one from Akebi Village way in the beginning?

Actually, thinking about something that happens later, it might be. Except the names don’t match, but this game’s not too concerned with consistency.

Naka: Is that true?

What? What’s going on in the castle?

PROBABLY NARAKU.

Shino: We’re the wives of the Samurai. Our husbands went into the castle, but they haven’t returned yet.

Which samurai? Y’know, the Samurai. All four of 'em.

Katsue: We haven’t seen our husbands in months.

Matsu: We really miss them.

Poor things.

It’s really hard work being a Samurai.

Shino: Yes. We just got together to discuss how we can possibly get some food to our husbands.

It’s been months, you said. They are probably dead.

I’m just gonna say here, not a whole lot about the whole castle episode seems really thought out.

So that’s why you’re all here. Do you want us to take the food for you?

Hey, what are you saying?

It’s fine. We can take them.

We’re going to the castle anyway.

Katsue: And this rice ball too.

Naka: Thank you.

Two whole rice balls, you must have really shed a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to make two rice balls for your four husbands who you suspect have been without food for months. Except we only got one?

Man: I got this picture-card story from a traveling salesman who got injured on Asagiri Island. But…they keep repeating this part of the story. And the art work isn’t very good either.

Oooh, kamishibai! I hope he has Ougon Bat!

So yeah, let’s get educational for a bit. Kamishibai is a form of Japanese storytelling/street theater, where a narrator would tell stories accompanied by a series of picture cards, like a live storybook. During the peak of its popularity in the 1930s to post-WWII, kamishibai storytellers would travel from town to town, setting up shop and telling stories and giving the kids candy, hooray. Ougon Bat is a popular kamishibai character from the early 1930s who was actually the first superhero, predating Superman by 7 years! Wow! A modern, if atypical, example of kamishibai is the kinectic kamishibai performed by the animator duo AC-Bu and most well known for the Hellshake Yano sketch from Pop Team Epic

While kamishibai has its origins in various forms of storytelling dating back to the eighth century, there really was nothing like what’s shown here during the Sengoku period, so that’s weird.

Man: Anyway, he’s really big! In the day time, you can’t see the sun. At night, you can’t see the stars.

Sounds nice. Too bad we’re not planning on going there anytime soon.

Thaaaaat’s capitalism.

Alright, let’s get to the castle.

God dammit.

What?

Chuzo: This is the road that goes to the castle.

That’s where we’re trying to go.

Shinbei: You guys are up to something. This is a restricted area.

And this guy just walks past!

But they’re going through!

Chuzo: Those people are here to pay their taxes, so they’re allowed.

Hey, it’s simpler than using TurboTax.

What? Stop stallin’ us!

Inuyasha, let’s get out of here for now.

It’s no good getting into an argument here.

But, how do we get through there?

Well, that was a bust. Let’s find more info.

Here’s a dude in an alley that you gotta kinda finangle your way into because game design.

And here’s a localization decision that I thought was questionable even when I was 14. It’s the Sengoku period and the world map is clearly not all of Japan, so we’re probably dealin’ with a daimyo here. While “king” may not be an entirely inaccurate way to translate it, it brings to mind specifically western concepts of monarchy that have no place here. I would have probably said something more like “Lord,” which would have at least fit with the feudalistic nature of Japan during this time.

What happened?

How is he different?

Nizaemon: The look in his eyes, he swears, he’s violent, and if he doesn’t like you, he kills you on the spot. He’s gone as far as kicking me, his chief counselor, out.

Sounds like someone else I know.

What are you looking at me like that for?

Nizaemon: He’s acting like he’s possessed by a demon.

Who has a hot temper.

I won’t forget you said that.

Nizaemon: I don’t know about your situation, but rumour has it that the king has been possesed by a demon. If it continues this way, this castle with its long history will be ruined. And our king will be lost!

That’s literally what you just said.

We should find out what’s going on.

Yes. That’s a good idea.

WE’RE HEADING THERE ANYWAY. WE KNOW WHAT’S UP. IT’S NARAKU.

So, uh…I dunno what the fuck this whole conversation is about. Like, I guess it’s supposed to be like…Naraku’s presence has corrupted the daimyo or he’s just been possessed, but…we never actually see the daimyo in the game and it’s never really explained how or why Naraku is even in the castle. I’ll talk about it closer to the game, but I have my own theory that there was a first draft of this game that was almost a completely different story before being changed to a whistle-stop tour of Inuyasha’s greatest hits, and this castle scenario is where it kinda didn’t transition well.

Walking around shows us this pretty nice shot. This game can look nice when it wants to.

Anyway, let’s talk to this child I missed the first time.

What?

Jiro: Can you take this pinwheel to my sister, who works in the castle? I made it for her.

You miss your sister, don’t you?

Don’t patronize him.

Jiro: No! My sister’s the one that misses me. She cries 'cuz she can’t see me. So tell her to hang in there for me.

Jiro: My sister is called Toki. Make sure you give it to her, okay?

This game is unsure of what Toki’s actual name is. Anyway, for no real reason, let’s head back to the inn.

Oh hey it’s the idiot who put me in jail.

Huh?

Hey, you’re the headman of Kasasagi Town. What are you doing here?

Well, I have to bring my yearly taxes to the castle. But I’ve heard there’s demons in there.

You’d think one would be more concerned. But this is the Headman, after all.

Demons? What do you mean?

NARAKU.

Wait a minute! What are taxes?

It’s money that is given to the King as thanks for his protection.

Are we really doing this?

Why doesn’t everyone just protect themselves.

I think it’s too difficult for Shippo to understand.

Basically, cowards need to be protected.

We’re doing this I guess.

He doesn’t understand either.

It has nothing to do with cowardice, it’s how the system works.

Man, it’s complicated.

I think you’re the one that’s making it complicated.

RIVETING.

The screen fades to black as if somebody was giving a long explanation of something, but it seems like maybe one line was cut.

Yes. In return, please take us into the castle with you.

“You’ll go into the castle with me?”
“Yeah, but take us into the castle in reutrn.”

These are the same thing, Anime. But good job taking advantage of a rich idiot.

Of course. Let’s go.

I don’t think this smug face is used anywhere else.

Shinbei: What? The scoundrels are here! Guards! Huh?

Long time no see. These are my guards.

Shinbei: Oh, it’s the headman of Kasasagi Town.

I’ve come to pay my taxes. Please let us through.

Shinbei: Hmmm…

Are you gonna let us through or not?

I’m sorry. He’s just doing his job.

Yes. He is truly devoted to his king.

SO NOW THE HEADMAN IS A KING? NO HE’S A MAYOR. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE BODYGUARDS, NOT KNIGHTS

Chuzo: Huh. You can go through.

Why didn’t you just say that at the beginning.

I thought we weren’t going to get in because of Inuyasha.

Well, we got through, so everything’s okay.

Alright, we’re almost at the castle!

Ah!

Aaa! Why are there such big demons in the castle!

I give up.

You’re here! I was expecting you!

Expecting this one trash mob?

Muahaha! I won’t let you pass.

Headman, it’s dangerous here. You have to escape.

O-Okay.

And now he’s basically gone from the game.

Now we can do some real damage!

We attack him twice and he goes down.

IT WAS A FUCKIN’ DEMON

If they’ve taken over the entrance, I can’t imagine what’s going on inside.

I wonder if everybody that works in the castle is okay?

How could they have survived, with these kind of things in there?!

Anyway, we need to proceed with caution.

Next time, HELL.

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Welcome to the castle, this took me more than an hour and a half with my emulator sped up.

Takezo: Can you help them? I’ve been injured and I can’t move from here.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY.

Now yes, this sidequest is entirely optional. And yes, I could have just beelined through this and done the dungeon in like half an hour. But this is like…the only sidequest in the game. I gotta do at least that, right? So now we have to go through just about every room to look for people. I’m not gonna show all of them, because there’s fucking 30 of them and the majority of them are not interesting, but I’ll also show you why this sidequest is BULLSHIT.

You wanna know the other reason this took so long, and basically the main reason this dungeon is just a pain in the fuckin’ ass?

IT’S BUGGED. You can’t run from fights because about 90% of the time, it softlocks the game.

This dungeon has a pretty high encounter rate. And you just have to fight them.

As I cap this, I have my footage going at about 4-5 times speed, because there’s so much dead air between the fights and me checking my guide to make sure I don’t accidentally end the dungeon before ending the sidequest like I did last time I played this game.

The majority of the people you have to save will not actually be visible. They will be hidden in objects with the only indicator that they’re there being the general hot spot indicator over your head.

So yeah, you have to rub your head against everything in a dungeon with a raised encounter rate bugged to prevent you from skipping battles.

It gets worse. Also, this merchant gives us kind of a hint as to where to go next for progression. There are some monks doing monk things.

Oh hey!

Sachi: Last time I was caught by a demon spider. Is this how my life is gonna be? I’m scared of the future.

Be safe, Sachi.

There’s a couple sets of stairs up here with a save cat. At this point, we’ve rescued 7 out of 8 people in this area. We’re saving one for the end.

We’re going downstairs.

Checks out.

It’s just a maid, but yeah, this is what I mean by needing to rub your head on shit.

Ah, another one.

Downstairs, there are stairs to go upstairs, but a different upstairs.

Yikes.

And this is what we came downstairs and upstairs for. Now that we have this, we can rescue that monk and go back downstairs and back upstairs. At this point, we’ll have rescued 15 people. Hey, halway through, right?

This passage on the left of the main floor is our next destination.

We go upstairs from there and eventually, we encounter the samurai, all three of them.

Hey wait.

Denjiro: Aaah… [voiced as a scream]

Tokusuke: Damn demons!

Are they the castle staff?

They’re being attacked by demons!

There’s no way they can beat them. We have to help them.

Hey! Demons! Are you ready to die?!

We fight a small trash mob masquerading as a boss fight as usual and as usual it’s not interesting.

That’s okay. It must have been terrible.

It wasn’t that bad. Those demons were not rich or powerful, so they couldn’t hire a samurai like the daimyo could.

If anyone’s hurt, show me. I’ll take care of them.

Yukimura: We can’t thank you enough.

What is happening to the castle? There’s demons everywhere.

Cripes.

Again, we never see him, unless Naraku is/has taken the place of him.

Did Naraku do this?

But then we get this line that establishes that Naraku and the “King” are two different entites.

Kagura showed up pretending to be a castle messenger.

Miroku, they’re not gonna know who that is.

If that’s the case, then it’s simple. Let’s go destroy them!

Wait, Inuyasha, did you forget that happened?! YOU WERE THERE AND MIROKU WASN’T.

A fourth samurai came in so I guess the numbers add up now.

Yukimura: What? The second unit. We’re the only ones left to protect the castle.

Is your name Yukimura?

Yukimura: Yes, it is. Why?

We met your wife outside the castle. She gave us something to give to you.

Yukimura: Oh! Some rice balls from my wife!

Everyone is really worried about what’s happening in here.

Yukimura: Thank you. We can hold on a little longer now.

Denjiro: Yes!

Tokusuke:Tokusuke: Let’s do it!

We’ll take care of the rest. Everyone, go back to your families.

Yukimura: We can’t do that. There are people who haven’t escaped yet.

You’ve apparently had months.

You’re not scared for your life?

There’s no point dying here.

Yukimura: We are samurai. We protect the King and the people. But, we weren’t able to protect the King. However, we must protect all who are left alive. It is our duty.

Denjiro: Exactly.

Tokusuke: That’s our duty.

But you might die! What will your families that are left do?

You could die and have a negative life span.

This entire time, the guy on the right’s helmet is kinda glitching out on the gold crest from I guess emulator issues?

How could they possibly understand?

Yukimura: It’s already decided.

I don’t get it.

What are you goin’ on about? If we keep dawdling, Naraku will get away.

But what about Yukimura and everyone else?

Yukimura: Are you going after that demon?

Yeah, that’s why we came here.

Yukimura: In that case, take this with you.

What is it?

Yukimura: This is the key for the lock in the tower. The demon is in there.

Is that okay, Yukimura?

Yukimura: Yes. We’re no match for that demon. But I think you guys can do it. Please, take our place and go get that demon!

…Yes, we will bring Naraku down.

Yukimura: We are grateful.

Well, shall we go?

Yeah, let’s go get Naraku and then get back here.

The count of rescued people at this point is 18. We’ll get the rest next time.

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Back at it again in Naraku’s castle.

We’re going upstair this time.

Upstairs is more of the same, but it does have the biggest bullshit in this whole sidequest.

Yeah, we gotta be ALL the way in the corner for this one. So in the corner, we can’t even tell there’s anything here. YEAH.

Whoa, ANOTHER upstairs?! What will they think of next?

Oh hey, are you Toki?

Otoki, close enough, get back here.

Is your name Toki?

Your brother asked us to bring you this pinwheel that he made for you.

Otoki: He’s okay then! I’m so happy!

The Samurai are downstairs helping the people who couldn’t escape. Try and make it down there and you’ll be able to get out of the castle.

Otoki: Thank you so much.

Be careful, Toki.

Bye Toki.

Up to the tower, where destiny awaits!

Up one more stairs and we’re in the final corridor.

This door actually leads to the end of the dungeon, and as much as I’d like to go through, we still have work to do beyond this.

These two of the only pieces of charming writing in the game round out the running joke and leave us at 29 people rescued. If you remember, we specifically left one person unrescued on the first floor.

So what we have to do is talk to the samurai.

Takezo: I’m sorry, this isn’t much, but please take it as a sign of my appreciation.

If you talk to Takezo after saving 5/6 of the people, he gives you this fertilizer.

Takezo: Thank you very much! How can I thank you enough. This is a memento from my long separated sister. Please take it.

And after 30, he gives you this seed that’s somehow a memento. Now, if you remember, there are certain combinations of seeds and fertilizers that give you special scenes, which is arguably the main point of the mystery field. This fertilizer and this seed are one such combination.

And yes, there is absolutely no indication or any sort of hint that you need to talk to Takezo early to get the fertilizer, so you could go through all of this and have it not even be worth it!

WONDERFUL GOOD GAME DESIGN MOVING ON

Back here.

FINALLY.

Ha ha. You made it.

Who’s voice is that?

Miroku.

Miroku.

Naraku.

I woulda been here earlier but there was a bullshit sidequest also hi Utsugi.

So, this is Naraku. You’re the one that summoned me into this world, aren’t you?

Anime we’ve been over this.

Do you want to know?

Of course I do. Now tell em how to get home.

Is this the girl, Utsugi?

What are you mumbling about? Naraku are you ready?

What a fool!

Shut up and die!

Time to fight Naraku!

Well…

Yeah it’s one of those.

You’re weak. It’s over.

Inuyasha tries to attack again, but no go.

Ugh…

Even the Tetsusaiga won’t work.

It’s being repelled by the barrier.

It’s the authentic Inuyasha experience.

Those who go against Naraku will die a painful death.

Yukimura: Naraku!

The samurai!

Yukimura: I will avenge my King! Take that!

Stop! You can’t beat him.

Denjiro; I know. But we have no choice.

This secret passage…I said I’d have words a few updates ago and those words are a’comin’.

Foolish ones. Die!

Was this not Tokusuke just 2 seconds ago.

There we go.

Yukimura: Don’t run away! It’s our time to die! We have to give them more time.

Wow fuck, can Yukimura be the protagonist?

Tokichi: Rooaaaaar!

Kagome fires an arrow, forgetting about the barrier.

What? You still have strength?

Yukimura: Leave this place now and ready yourselves to come back and destroy this demon and save the castle. Please!

You think I’ve come this far to run away!

And with that, we are OUT OF THE CASTLE and THAT’S THE MOTHERFUCKIN’ TEA.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME. GAH.

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Looks like Kaede’s house.

It’s not Kaede’s house.

Why am I here?

Kichibei: I don’t know, but I found you and some others on the ground at the entrance of the village this morning.

A teaser for later in the update, this is a massive plot hole.

Others? Ah, Inuyasha, Kagome!

Yeah they were literally right there.

Um, ugh…

We fell off the top floor of a castle.

Where is Naraku?!

At the castle, probably.

And the rest of the crew finally gets up.

I wish I could say it’s a good morning.

Ugh. Where is this?

We couldn’t win against Naraku. Yukimura…

Is everyone okay?

I guess, we weren’t able to destroy Naraku.

Shippo, are you saying we can’t defeat Naraku?

Well I mean…

Anyway, we can’t go anywhere like this.

I guess not, but…

Let’s think about it. If we work together, we can find a way.

We get control now and all the party members just talk about how we gotta break the barrier.

I need to think this over on my own.

Anyway, we gotta get some time to think.

Just a normal village.

Let’s just head up the Eighty Sins of Sasamo.

Oh, you’re in the game again.

What’s wrong?

Lotta things.

I guess you know already. We lost.

Why would he know. Also lost what, he doesn’t know that either.

You lost the battle? Against who?

The Shikigami power didn’t work on the guy we were fighting.

Well, nothing worked, it’s not the Shikigami.

Neither Inuyasha’s Tetsusaiga nor Miroku’s Sutras worked either.

Woman, I have no idea what any of those words are.

It was probably because of a barrier.

Yeah. That’s what Miroku said. Because Naraku put his barrier up, our attack didn’t work.

A barrier, I see.

How many times can I say that this writing is garbage

Now what are you guys going to do?

I really don’t know…

Hmm. If you still want to fight your enemy, I can tell you how.

Really?! Tell us Grandpa Kakuju!

Well listen carefully. Rindo Village is at the foot of Mount Houoh. You first need to go to the top of Mount Houoh and bring back a fruit from the Magatama tree.

A fruit from a Magatama tree, which is on the top of Mount Houoh…I see. But why the fruit?

That’s what you need to break the barrier. I’ll tell you the rest after you get the fruit.

This test will challenge your courage.

(It will not)

I don’t really understand, but I guess we can break the barrier if we use it. Thank you Grandpa Kakuju.

THAT’S WHAT HE–

Oh well, let’s go tell the guys.

GUYS GUYS

Please listen, everybody. We might be able to break Naraku’s barrier.

Yes. Grandpa Kakuju told me.

I see. Kakuju, huh.

God, there is just a LOT of Solid Snaking in this update.

We need to go get a fruit from the top of Mount Houoh.

That is a sacred mountain where monks in training gather.

But, it will be a very difficult task.

(It won’t)

Okay, I will do anything to beat Naraku!

Yes, if there is anything I can do, I’ll also help.

You can throw a boomerang, you’re in.

That’s right. If we stay here, we’ll never be able to defeat Naraku.

Let’s go, everybody!

Let’s head out!

Okay, so words.

This is where Rindoh Village is.

This is where the Castle Town is.

We somehow got from there to here in the course of an evening, halfway across the world map, where it has been established that even going from one town to the other canonically takes at least several days to walk to.

What the fuck.

It’s not like…gonna ruin the story or anything, but…they don’t even attempt to explain it. It just bugs me.

Next time, we climb a mountain.

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I’d prefer Mount Lugia, but sure, let’s climb this shit.

By the way, I changed our lineup a bit so Sango is our tagalong now.

Now, it sounds like Mount Houoh might be another dungeon immediately after the Bad Castle, but it’s kinda not. It’s more of an overworld area.

After a bit, we come to a house.

What a dump!

Monks don’t need luxury. They only need a roof to protect against the rain.

When we need to rest we can stay here too.

That’s right.

What are you looking at? Let’s get going!

This rock is pretty prominent.

What? We don’t have much time.

I feel something strange…

Really? I don’t see anything strange?

It looks normal. But something is strange. There’s a faint wind coming from the cliff.

Sango of course gets us.

There’s wind…coming from the rock. There’s something behind the rock.

Whatever! We need to hurry. If we can’t get to the top we won’t be able to defeat Naraku.

You’re right. I shouldn’t have brought it up.

Well, we’ll never come back here.

Oh hey, a cave.

The cave is 3D and otherwise unremarkable.

Coming out of the cave, we arrive at the summit, despite making very little vertical traversal.

It looks nice.

???

Ooooh, !!!

Shippo just turns into a balloon and floats you up these cliffs very slowly and nothing else like this happens in the game.

More cliffs. I hope my wife doesn’t fall off one of these.

Romantic.

The wind is getting stronger. But it’s a strange wind.

Miroku, gross.

Whoosh!

I’m gonna blow away!

Aahhh!!

Help!

Shippo, be careful!

Um…What is that?

A mass of air…

Is that a Spirit of the Air. It’s probably the sacred mountain’s guardian spirit.

a what

I’m sorry. But we absolutely need a Magatama fruit!

Spirit: A Magatama fruit. Many neophytes come to ask for them. But no one deserves it. You must have more than just power. You must have a pure heart and courage. Without these, I can not give you a Magatama fruit.

This is the test that Grandpa Kakuju was talking about.

Interesting. Let’s see if we have what it takes!

So to prove that we have more than pure power, we are going to get into a physical fight with the air.

He’s pretty easy, he just likes to give you status effects. Power through and you’ll have no issue.

WE’LL KICK YOUR ASS TOO, CLOUD.

Shut up! I’ll do it as many times as I need too!

YEAH!

Wait Inuyasha. I don’t feel hostility from him.

The wind has stopped too.

Spirit: I attuned all of your hearts. You may take a Magatama fruit.

Does this mean we succeeded?

No, by “You may take a Magatama fruit,” he meant “Don’t take one”

I guess so.

Well then, let’s get a fruit from the tree.

Yes. It seems like a light is coming from the tree itself.

I can see that the tree has mysterious power.

Yes. Okay, I’ll get a fruit.

THEY SAID YOU COULD DON’T APOLOGIZE TO A TREE

Also we got the fruit yay.

I got it! Let’s go back to Grandpa Kakuju.

And go back we do you didn’t miss anything.

Well well, you did it.

Yes. But, it was difficult.

I thought I was gonna die.

You guys really are something. The Spirit of the Air allowed you to have a seed. [The voice acting says fruit]

You already knew that, Grandpa Kakuju.

This is definitely a Magatama fruit. Now, come close to me.

Now, you should know how to use the power of the Shikigami to break the barrier.

If there’s no barrier, we can attack Naraku.

Okay! This time we’ll destroy Naraku!

It looks as though your enemy is very powerful. Be very careful.

Thank you, Grandpa Kakuju!

Alright! Now we have a SPECIAL MOVE. Let’s go to the dang castle.

Good idea. We need to regain our strength before we continue on.

GUYS.

GUUUUUUUUYS.

FINE.

Thank you.

It’s likek you’re already friends.

Inuyasha and Miroku go together as do Kagome and Shippo.

Hey, Sango didn’t immediately ditch us this time.

The weather’s beautiful! We should go to the river.

I agree.

Hey, Sango. Let’s take a rest here.

Okay. It’s been ages since we had a bath, shall we go bathing?

Sure.

Oh boy.

Uh? Sango?

Huh? What is it?

You’re going to go into the water with your Hiraikotsu?

Yeah, just deflect from that with the boomerang.

Is that weird?

Ahh…Yeah, it’s a little weird. It’s weird, 'cuz you’re a girl.

Are you still talking about the boomerang?

Really? But, I’ve had this with me since I was a little girl.

Hmm…

It’s almost like a part of my body now.

I see. So, it’s more than just a weapon for you.

We had a fun time!

Now to the castle!

Wow that doesn’t look good.

Well, let’s leave that to next time.

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Back at it again in Castle Town.

Oh, this isn’t good.

Was this house so dilapidated last time we were here?

I mean, it’s more than the one house.

I think it was a lot nicer before.

I wonder if a burglar got in there. But, all the other houses look pretty ruined too.

GUYS.

Yes. The whole town feels pretty desolate. I wonder if it’s because of Naraku.

It must be. If Naraku is allowed to continue to sit in the castle, this town will soon…

I don’t know if this is incompetent writing or patronizing writing.

We can’t allow that to happen. Let’s go.

Fuckin’ hell, it’s you.

You sure kept me waiting. I was just about to fall asleep.

Kagura! Why’re you here?

Take one fuckin’ guess, kid.

I knew if I waited here, you guys would eventually come.

What do you want from us?!

Only one thing. I’m here to take your soul.

My soul? You think you can do that by yourself?

Ugggh! I’m gonna cut you up!

Well, well, have [you] forgotten already? I have a barrier rock. You can’t even touch me.

I prefer barrier j-pop.

I don’t know about that.

I see you’re full of confidence. Just try, and you’ll see. I wouldn’t mind seeing the look of despair on your faces. Go ahead and die!

Kagura round 2! As she said and as you can see, she has a barrier. Usually, this would be a great issue.

However, we have BLUE SKY CALAMITY, which will allow us to TEAR APART A UNIFIED WORLD which basically means we’ll use it two or three times in plot fights to break barriers.

After we break the barrier the fight is literally no different except for higher numbers.

Fuck yoooou.

I wasn’t just going to wait for you!

What

In that case, it will be useful to keep this one alive.

That happened.

Wait!

Amazing! You really destroyed the barrier.

Yes. I can’t believe it!

Yes! We can win! We can defeat Naraku.

But, now Naraku knows that we can break his barrier.

So what? Since there’ll be no more barrier, it’ll be easy to get to Naraku.

Inuyasha do you know what series you’re in?

Yes! Then, let’s go find Naraku!

Ah boy this place is rough.

The castle is back, with less bugs and less bullshit and it’s a lot shorter. We also have to take a different route through it because there’s rubble in the halls. It’s still not interesting.

We can eventually reach the garden, which is a new place and also not entirely where we’re supposed to be right now, but we save time this way.

What is it? Oh, a flower! It’s beautiful!

Beautiful? Yes, but it’s not only that. It’s called a Pyrethrum. The smoke that comes from burning it has the ability to kill insects.

Pyrethrum is more a genus of flowers rather than a single specimen, but some crysanthemums in the genus can be used to make a pesticide also called pyrethrum, so uh, that’s on the level.

Does it work on demons?

Probably on demon insects. But it takes a while for the flower to burn, so it won’t work on someone that moves quickly.

I see. It might come in handy. We should take it with us.

Good thing there are no bugs here.

A little bit in, what’s this?

Toki?! Not that Toki?!

Oh no, Dethklok is down a guitar!

Yes.

I guess she wasn’t able to escape.

I hope that’s not the case.

Maybe it fell out of her pocket when she was running away.

Either way, we need to get Naraku.

Yes, for Toki’s sake, we need to bring him down.

BUGS.

Oh no! It’s the Saimyosho!

There’s so many of them!

We have to get off this road. Naraku might find us if we continue this way.

But because we have the stinky flower…

I know! If we use this, we might be able to do something about the Saimyosho.

Hey, it’s that flower. What are you gonna to do with it? [sic]

The Pyrethrum? The Saimyosho are insects so we might as well give it a try.

Yes, let’s try it Sango.

What’s wrong, Inuyasha?

What a terrible smell!

Sorry, Inuyasha. Hang in there.

Inuyasha really has a sensitive nose, doesn’t he?

Yes, his sense of smell is very sensitive.

SHUT UP AND GO

It looks like it’s working!

Great! Now we can get going again.

As Jason from Power Rangers would say, back to action!

GOD DAMMIT

They’re all over the place.

Yes, they’re headed this way.

Miroku, have you ever said anything that actually added to a conversation?

If they’re after us…

What?

That red armor…are they the samurai that helped us?

GOD DAMMIT!!!

What?

Yes, it is them.

But, they all died.

They got better.

Yes, they are dead. But some kind of power is making them move.

What?

This isn’t good. They’re aware of us. There’s a whole bunch of them.

Yeah they can see us.

We’ll be surrounded.

All we can do is fight!

No! We can’t do that! Those guys helped us before!

No arguments! We’ll be cornered if we stay like this!

But…

The corpses can smell our vitality. We need to separate, then they won’t come after us!

You’re right. They seem to be moving pretty slow.

Okay, I’ll stop them. The rest of you go!

But, Inuyasha…

I’ll be right behind you.

If we get separated, everybody meet in front of the Castle Tower.

Okay.

Miroku said we should meet in front of the castle tower if we got separated.

Welp.

Nobody’s around!

Guys?!

Also, you can get into random battles alone, I’d advise against it since Anime is useless by herself.

Fuck, not again!

Please, don’t come near me! Don’t!

What.

Huh, what?

Oh, a Homestuck!

That guy just killed those dudes!

But…they were the ones that helped me.

We’ll find out who they are next time.

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Well, that was weird. Gotta go find our friends though.

You’re not my friends.

Just a moment, Sesshomaru, I’m looking for the road now.

I think I see your problem. This is a building. No roads.

I have also just realized there’s no ceiling and we’re just looking at the black void outside the map.

I think he very much has.

N-no, of course not! Um.

They’re gone.

You are? Oh yeah. Girl, come over here. Do you know the way to the Castle Tower?

I do, but…

Then take me there.

Why do I have to take you there?

I don’t know what you’re doing around here, but you’ll get eaten by demons if you stay here by yourself.

Well…I really don’t want to go with these people. But it’s probably not a good idea to go on my own. And if I don’t go, what is everybody else gonna do?

So, are you gonna take us there, or what?

I guess I have to. Okay. I’ll take you there, but you have to promise to protect me.

Is that right? Lead the way.

Sesshomaru is in our party now. He level 30, which is basically endgame level. So it’s gonna be pretty easy goin’s now.

After a while…

Oh hey, you’re okay. That’s good.

Ah look, she’s comin’ in to give us a hug.

Whoa hey what the heck Sesshy, I get first hugs.

Well now nobody’s getting a hug >:(

Why? That’s terrible…poor thing…

Otoki: Thank you so much.

Huh, Otoki?

Otoki: Thank you so much. Because of you, I was able to escape Naraku’s spell. I can sleep soundly now.

Naraku’s spell? All those corpses were under his spell?

If you destroy a corpse that is under a spell, you will free its spirit.

Really? So Sesshomaru knew about this too?

Don’t waste our time talking. Just take us to the Castle Tower.

Oh yeah! Wait a minute.

What are you doing?

Toki should hold onto this.

Then Toki won’t be sad in Heaven.

Okay nitpick time. As usual, I can’t be arsed to check what they say in Japanese, and there certainly IS a Japanese word for “heaven” (tengoku) and it might be what’s being said, but hoo boy the use of the Capital-H Heaven is yet again an extremely Western idea to be bringing into this game. So lets talk about it since I haven’t been educational in a while.

The two prevailing spiritualities in Japan, and especially in the Sengoku period, are gonna be Shinto and Buddhism, which both have different ideas of the afterlife. Shinto’s afterlife is a place called Yomi, with its closest common equivalent being the Grecoroman Hades, neither a paradise nor a hell, but just…a place where dead people go. Just where ya go. And then of course, one of the core tenets of Buddhism is the constant cycle of reincarnation until one is enlightened and reaches Nirvana, but I do not think this small girl is going to be enlightened.

Now that being said, there IS maybe a minute chance that Kururugi is Christian. They certainly do exist in Japan, and they were even around in the Sengoku period, but it’s unlikely as they’re a tremendous minorty, making up no more than 1% of the population.

Sorry, I’m done.

Jaken.

See! What is it, Lord Sesshomaru?

Leave the kid alone.

Hehe!

Moving on.

Hey!

There were demons all over the place. I was really worried.

I’m glad you’re safe too.

More and more corpses were gathering. We were getting worried.

But, why did they go after you and not me?

Maybe it’s because there were three of us.

Three of you?

I don’t think I could have gotten here by myself. Do you all know Sesshomaru?

Do we know him? He’s Inuyasha’s older brother.

They really don’t get along.

So, Inuyasha. This human girl is your friend.

So what?

Let’s go, Jaken.

You! Where are you goin’?

Y-Yes, Sesshomaru.

Hey, wait a minute!

Not worth it dude.

Anyway, we better get going. I think Sesshomaru is after Naraku too.

I won’t let Sesshomaru get to Naraku first. I’m gonna destroy him!

And we’re back.

Oh.

Sesshomaru!

Look at all the corpses! There’s so many of them. They’re all attacking Sesshomaru.

We should get going while Sesshomaru is busy fighting them.

Too bad for you, Sesshomaru. We’re going ahead.

Yeet, as the kids say.

Oh no! First Toki, now this!

It’s Yukimura, indeed.

What? Naraku’s not here?

This shouldn’t be surprising. He knows that we know where he is. You think he’s not gonna relocate?

Oh hey whassup.

Careful, they’re coming this way.

This demonic aura is strong. He’s using Yukimura’s corpse to control all the other corpses. Even though they are corpses, Naraku knew that we wouldn’t be able to attack them, so he came up with this spell.

Damn, Naraku! Cheating as usual!

So, if we release Yukimura from the spell all the other corpses will be freed?

Yes.

We have to set them free.

Naraku! I’ll never forgive you!

I’m sorry Yukimura. I don’t even want to fight your corpse, but in order to free your spirit, I have to fight you.

It’s a boss you know how it goes.

Yukimura is free now.

I’ve had about as much as I can take of that Naraku!

Naraku! Where did you disappear to?

Oh no a bug! It might…affect the gameplay!

Damn! They’re watching us.

Oh, you’re done with your zombies.

If Naraku isn’t here, there’s no use in us hanging around. Let’s go, Jaken.

Okay, Sesshomaru.

Bye Sesh. Bye Jake.

It looks like Sesshomaru is going after Naraku too.

Yes. We should go too.

Yes.

Yes.

I’m sorry, Yukimura. We will avenge your death. Just wait.

Let’s get the fuck outta here, this update took a dang month.

Next time, what’s that over there?

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I could definitely use a break after all that castle nonsense.

It looks so lively and fun!

If it’s festival time, then the ladies are probably all dressed up! I can’t wait!

Miroku!

Hey, everybody, come look!

Uugaaah. Why are you guys getting distracted by the festival? What happened to looking for Naraku?

It’s okay every once in a while. Humans need to rest.

Now that Miroku wants to do it, I’m with Inuyasha, let’s keep going.

Yeah, Inuyasha. I’m a demon but I still need a breather!

I guess you guys can’t help it. Let’s go take a look.

No matter what Inuyasha says, I can tell he’s interested in the festival too.

Who?

Oh Densuke.

Densuke: They were all being so unreasonable, I didn’t know what to do.

What’s wrong?

Densuke: Today is the annual festival drum competition. But the opposing team couldn’t make it, so we canceled it. But everybody was really looking forward to it, so they won’t accept the fact that it was canceled. That’s why I was surrounded by everyone.

Oh so it’s just Twitter.

Densuke: Hey, wait a second. There’s just the right number of you. Will you join us in the drum competition?

What! Us?

Well that sounds fun! Much more fun than just watching.

Drums, huh? I haven’t played since I was little, but I’m sure we can figure it out.

And everybody is really looking forward to that part of the festival. Let’s give it a try!

Okay, let’s do it!

Densuke: Ohhh! Thank you! The villagers will be so happy! In the drum competition there are 5 people on each side. Please cheer on your friends.

Densuke: So, the drump competition will be 5 against 5. A person from each team will compete against the other on the drum to see who is the best. Whichever team has the most wins is the winning team! And now for our first pair!

You can do it, Inuyasha!

Leave it to me!

Oh he’s real bad folks, this is gonna be a video.

Inuyasha, drum softer!

Oh this is better.

Densuke: The winner is…our last minute contestant!

Did you see that? Now that’s how it’s done!

Densuke: Now for the next match! Okay, drum!

Everybody sucks at this!

Kagome doesn’t have enough strength and the beat is too soft. So…

Kagome! Put your back into it!

Densuke: The winner is…our last minute contestant!

Yeah! I can’t believe it!

Densuke: Now for the 3rd match! Start!

You’re too small! Why couldn’t I have done this?

Shippo is so small, he can’t play the drum very well. So…

Shippo, be more lively!

Densuke: The winner is…our last minute contestant!

See! I won!

Densuke: Now for the 4th match! Start!

MIROKU GOT NO VIM AND/OR VIGOR

Miroku sounds flat and frail. How can he add some flavor to his beat?

Did I mention there’s like nothing pointing you to any of these choices? Like it’s kinda trial and error.

Miroku, drum harder!

Densuke: The winner is…our last minute contestant!

Well, of course! I knew I would.

Fuck off.

Densuke: And now for our last match! Drum!

Girl, you’re even quieter than Kagome!

Sango is good, but she can do better.

Well, Anime is biased.

Sango, move your body!

Densuke: The winner is…our last minute contestant!

That was a good sweat!

フルコンボ!

Yeah!!!

It’s because of your cheering!

Yes! If you hadn’t been here, we wouldn’t have been able to do it.

No, it was because you all played the drums so well!

Densuke: We have prizes from the village for all the winners!

Hey, maybe we’ll do something with these.

What is it? What is it?

We did it, everyone!

I’m glad we won, but most of all I’m glad we got to have fun together!

It’s been a while since we’ve had so much fun!

It’s good to do this every once in a while.

That was fun! I won’t forget everyone’s smiles!

Well, that was a fun diversion. Next time, dogs.

BONUS VIDEO

Everyone is bad at drumming

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So this isn’t a promise, but I’ve got a couple weeks worth of additional updates written out, and I’m going to try to get at least one out a week. With how I’ve preliminarily meted out the rest of the game, if I do that, I should finish the game just in time for the end of the year.

Let’s see what’s up with Kasumi’s sister.

Sorry.

What is it, Inuyasha?

Nothing’s happened, there’s just a terrible smell coming from over there.

Really?

I can’t smell anything.

Inuyasha’s sense of smell is superior to a human’s

I see. Well, let’s go find out what that smell is.

This place seems nice and not stinky.

ああ, もちろん.

I feel like puking.

I mean, it’s just garlic.

Kyusuke: Ha ha ha. Of course, of course.

Is that garlic?

Can I get a clove or two?

Kyusuke: Yup. As stinky as it is, it’s very nutritional. You guys wanna take one with you?

Yes please I love garlic.

Uh. Not today thanks. Ha ha.

Fuck off.

Kyusuke: That’s too bad.

Uggg…

The smell got to him.

It must be tough having such a strong sense of smell, huh, Inuyasha?

Moving on, we encounter a shop.

Ryuuzo: Hey, traveler. You got a good eye to pick that out of everything.

A good eye? What does that mean?

Is this guy tryin’ to pick a fight?

No. He’s saying you chose well.

Oh! These big shoes?

Yeah I got them [i]YEEZYS[/i]

Ryuuzo: They’re called snowshoes. With these shoes, no matter how much snow there is, you can walk without sinking.

I learned about them in school.

Are snowshoes really that alien a concept

Ryuuzo: How about it? You want them, don’t you? If you buy them now, I’ll give you a good deal.

We don’t need them.

Ichi: See, I told you not to buy those from the peddler. They’re just in the way now.

Ryuuzo: I’m no good at this. Mmm…

I kinda feel sorry for him.

Ichi: If you need a place to stay, you can stay at our inn. It’s not much, but you’re very welcome.

Yeh sure.

Ichi: You’re staying? Then come this way. It’s this way. Make yourselves comfortable.

Do I really need to lay out the rest of it? We’re going with Sango.

Shut up Miroku.

God, we EXPLICITY set up a hangout.

She went towards the field.

Thanks. I’ll go see.

But, she looks so beautiful!

Pretty girl

Beautiful, no?

Huh?

This is my favorite field of flowers. What do you think?

Yes, it’s beautiful.

Pretty girl!

Why do you look so spaced out?

It’s so beautiful, I feel like it’s taken my soul away. I didn’t realize Sango was so very beautiful.

PRETTY GIRL

What’s that all about? doesn’t sound like you. Ha ha ha. What’s up? Still spaced out?

Ha ha ha…Am I?

I don’t care what shit this game tries to pull later, there was no heterosexual explanation for that scene.

We’re up and we’re heading deeper into the woods past the village.

There’s mud, we can’t go there.

Wolves? That means…

Puppies.

Yeah, scrawny wolves.

Small puppies.

Scrawny wolves?

Took a moment after this to change up the order a bit and have bae follow us.

If you go south, you head to what’s basically Lost Woods. Don’t get lost in it like I did for like 15 minutes before I realized we’re not supposed to be here.

North is where we wanna go. Hey look, a shiny.

AAH!

RUDE

Wolf Demons. Is this your first time meeting them?

SANGO THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE I HAVE NOT LEFT YOUR SIDE WHAT DO YOU THINK

Yes.

Hey Kooooooooooooga.

You think you can do what you did and I’ll just forget about it?

What? But, I’ve never met you before!

Don’t pretend that nothing happened. I never forget a face. It’s payback time for attacking my friends everyday!

Ah dangit it’s probably that fool from Kasasagi! Remember that?

Attack? I never did anything like it!

Wait, Koga. This kid has been with us the whole time.

Move, Kagome. I’ll lose face if I let her go.

My portrait tags for Koga and Kagome are almost identical and this is a fuckin’ minefield.

I don’t think he’s going to listen to what we have to say.

Interesting. Now we’ll get to see who’s stronger.

We have to stop them.

Damn, you don’t give up.

I really don’t know you. Please listen to me.

Shut up! I’ll kill you whatever way I can.

No matter what you say, I can’t listen to you.

Until we can prove to you that this kid isn’t guilty, take me as your hostage.

Wait no Kagome.

Kagome?!!

Kagome?!!

Whatever you want.

Really! That means you’ll become my girl.

Who does he think he is? That can’t happen.

Kagome. You…

Alright, it’s decided. Everyone, retreat!

So Kagome’s gone now.

Damn it. Wait!

Good bye, mutt. You can turn and run now.

Kagome!

Damn. We need to go after them.

Then what’s the use of her becoming a hostage?

Yes, I know, but…

First we should seatch the forest. According to Koga, they’re being attacked every day. We may be able to find some clues.

And find clues we will next time!

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Whenever there’s a crime or trouble
That no one can solve at all it seems

That’s when they come in on the double
Anime and Sango Mysteries~

Oh shit a dude.

Is that a wolf-demon?

Why is he on the ground?

I think you’ll find that most of us are technically on the ground.

Miroku, let me teach you about gravity.

Be careful. It could be a trick.

God, big mood.

I guess we can’t just leave him here.

Yes, we should at least try to mend his wounds.

It looks like he’s waking up! Are you okay?

How are you gentlemen.

Wait a second!

He’s afraid.

It’s okay.

W-Demon: Don’t come near me. Don’t pretend nothing happened and try to attack me again.

What? I didn’t do anything to you!

What’s going on?

Something’s really weird.

GUYS KOGA JUST SAID

IT’S WHAT WE’RE

AND KAGOME

Koga was saying the same things.

THANK YOU

W-Demon: You’re lying. You came to finish what you started a little while ago.

A little while ago?

W-Demon: You were just attacking us! You attack us every day. Be prepared. Koga won’t forgive you for what you’ve done.

But we just got here.

And Koga and his men are going after you.

So, I’m being falsely accused.

It seems that way.

That’s America.

Wolf, please, let me heal your wounds. You don’t have to believe me, but this medicine works.

W-Demon: You’re…

What?

W-Demon: You’re like the person that’s been attacking us, but your scent and aura are different.

That’s what we’ve been trying to say all along.

Shut up no you haven’t.

W-Demon: S-Sorry.

That’s okay. I’m just glad you’ve realized someone is pretending to be me.

Now all we have to do is clear up Koga’s misunderstanding.

W-Demon: Well, I’ll take care of it and talk to Koga.

Really?

W-Demon: Yes, in return for helping me. Well, I should get back to Koga. I’ll see you later.

Oh lord he zoom.

Hey wait a minute! He’s gone.

But he should let Kagome go now.

We should find out where Koga is.

Yes.

And down into the lost woods we go.

Oh no!

W-Demon: Run away!

Hey wait!

Follow those dogs!

A few minutes later, we get here.

W-Demon: Run away!

Wait! They ran away again!

As soon as they see you, those Wolf-Demons run away.

Third verse same as the first two.

Whoever is pretending to be you is doing some really awful things to them.

Damn it! Let’s just catch one of them and make them tell us where Koga’s lair is.

That wouldn’t be right. Then we’ll really become the bad guys.

Watch the fuck out people, we got some Spec Ops shit going on.

I know how you feel, but we have to be patient.

But…

Oh yeah! Can’t you catch their scent?

Do you mean the Wolf-Demons’ scent?

Yes. The wolf-demons have quick feet, so they can run away quickly. But if we trace their scent, then we can follow that to where they are.

Yes. The Wolf-Demons must have a lair somewhere nearby.

If there’s a lair, then Kagome must be there too.

I see. How about it, Inuyasha?

Well, I’ll give it a try.

The screen fades for a second.

Can’t you smell anything?

The scent is too faint. If it was stronger…

He needs a stronger scent, huh. I wonder if there’s anything we can use.

Let’s regroup at the village.

Huh? I don’t smell anything.

There’s no mistake. It’s that same smell. I feel sick just remembering the smell.

Are you talking about the garlic?

But the garlic field is pretty far from here.

Ugh…

That’s definitely garlic, no doubt about it.

Hmmm…If he can smell the garlic this far away, we can use it to find the Wolf-Demons.

Good idea. If we can get some garlic on to one of the, Inuyasha can follow the scent even if he runs away.

It’s worth trying.

Back we go.

This is also traditionally around the time in any playthrough of the game where I take my surplus of money and buy a buuuuuuuuunch of healing items I won’t need. There’s like 5 or 6 stores in the entire game, money builds up.

That’s not the reason, but could you please give me the strongest smelling one?!

Kyusuke: Take whichever one you like.

Inuyasha doesn’t look so good.

Well, he’ll look even worse when we put our plan into motion next time.

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Hey guys.

You guys are going to take us to Koga!

Throw the garlic at them. Now!

Farfetch’d, I choose you!

W-Demon: What’s that smell? I can’t stand it. Ugh!

Sorry, me.

They run off.

Now, Inuyasha! Follow the scent! Inuyasha?

Ugg…I can’t. I’m gonna die.

The smell got him again. You’re such a mess.

Shut up, Shippo! I’ll get you later. Uuggg…

You poor thing.

Ughhh…Like you care.

You can do it, Inuyasha. Aren’t you worried about Kagome?

I need to find her quickly and give her a piece of my mind.

I think he is worried about Kagome!

Shut up! Oh! It’s this way!

You can do it Inuyasha!

And off we go!

And on we stop!

The smell around here is really faint.

Isn’t it this way, Inuyasha?

Haa.

What is is, Sango?

The Squid beefed it…

There’s a swamp!

Too late.

I’m covered in mud.

Sorry.

It’s not your fault.

This is bad. You need to change right away.

Change my clothes?

I love the implication that our clothes have been spotless til now.

We’ve got those pants from Grandma Kaede.

Another random literally translated family term.

Oh yeah. I hate being covered in mud, so I better change.

That was more than pants.

Hmmm.

Ughguhguhgughguhgughgughuhgh

Really?

Now we just go through the woods for a bit and I’m going to cut it because it’s boring.

I hope Kagome is okay.

Of course she’s okay! Let’s go!

It’s two.

What an unforgivable thing to do.

I don’t know who did this, but I think he’s nearby.

W-Demon: Ahh, ahh…

Are you okay? Let me heal your wounds. Everyone! This one’s still alive!

Oh good.

W-Demon: What did you do to my friend?!

What?

W-Demon: This is terrible! I have to tell Koga.

Wait! We didn’t do anything.

They run back into the cave.

They’ve mistaken us again.

No matter what, those Wolf-Demons will think that we attacked them.

I can smell the scent of Wolf-Demons around here. Kagome must be near here too. We can’t waste anymore time. Let’s go!

Hey girl.

Are you alright, Kagome?

You’re not trying to take Kagome away without me knowing, are you?

What? You wanna fight, you mangy wolf?

Hey mutt, should I knock you down as well?!

There’s that Wolf-Demon we helped.

W-Demon: Um, Koga…

Okay. No matter what your story is, it’s not like I can believe you just like that.

W-Demon: You’re right. And that girl looks exactly like the one that’s attacking us.

You’ll have to prove that she isn’t the one that killed our friends. Or you can just hand her over to us.

You’ve already taken one girl today, what the fuck.

Why won’t they believe me? But we can’t leave Kagome like this.

Maybe if we let him vent, he’ll chill out.

Okay. I’ll listen to what you say, if you give Kagome back.

What are you saying? You can’t do that!

So, you finally admit that you’re the killer.

I did not say that.

No, but I can’t leave Kagome here like this anymore.

Do you realize what you’re saying?

I do. If you give Kagome back, you can do with me as you please.

Oh! Then, I’ll kill you! Come over here!

Well this is kind of an anticlimactic end, but I hope you all enjoted the LP.

I guess we have to teach him a lesson.

You idiots don’t know how to listen.

Is this how it’s going to end up?

Hey, wait…

Idiot! You’re not the only one in this fight.

IT SAID TO LISTEN TO HIM WE WEREN’T GONNA FIGHT

Inuyasha…

What’re you mumbling about? If you’re on her side, mutt, then I’ll kill you too!

Wait!

What? What is it now?

I know I said you can do with me as you please, but I take it back.

GOD I HATE THIS SCRIPT

What?

I can’t prove to you that I am not the killer.

Perfect persuasion.

How can I believe you?

W-Demon: She thinks she’s so smart. Let’s get her now!

W-Demon: I’ll use my fangs to tear you apart!

Koga is doing this for his friends. But I can’t die either, because I have friends that love me and will suffer if I do.

W-Demon: Um, Koga…

Friends, huh.

Yes.

I see.

She’s too much of a wimp.

W-Demon: Koga! Why all of the sudden?

W-Demon: Are you sure, Koga?

This silly girl couldn’t possibly be the stealthy killer. The killer is someone else.

Thank you Koga, for understanding. So, can I go now?

Yes. I wanted you to stay longer, but…

She didn’t do anything.

Hey mutt!

Whaddya want, you scrawny wolf?

Kagome is my girl! You can have her back for now, but you better not touch her.

Yeesh.

Who does this mangy wolf think he is?

Shut up! Kagome needs a man like me.

That goes on for a few more lines until Anime interrupts, and I’m gonna skip them because I’ve just made the executive decision that if I don’t start summarizing the more pointless dialogue, I’m gonna go insane.

Haa…

I’ll help. Let’s find the killer quickly.

But how do we find the killer?

Can you think of anywhere nearby, where the killer might be?

If I knew that, I wouldn’t have come after you!

I guess not. Hey, can anybody else remember anything?

W-Demon: We’ve looked in every possible place.

W-Demon: Yes, that’s right.

Anime comes to the brilliant realization that since the killer is here, they must be close. Koga gets an idea and the wolves head off.

Let’s follow him!

Inuyasha and Koga argue a bit more and I die a bit inside.

Also it turns out the only area they haven’t checked is the big fuckin’ swamp.

Inuyasha falls in like we did.

You, stop laughing!

It’s no use.

Unless we can find a way to not sink in the mud, we can’t go on.

Damn.

Fortunately, I know a way!

…I think. I’m not sure if this will work.

It was like a minute.

With these, we can walk without sinking.

Now, we can avenge our friends!

Koga rushes off and we’ll follow him next time.

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After a year and a half, across 12 recording sessions, gathering 18 hours of footage, I have completed and recorded the entire game.

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Happy Thanksgiving and belated anniversary! Here’s an update I’ve been sleeping on getting put together due to RETAIL WORK.

Time for swamps.

The swamp is just a couple screens of swamp and a few random battles. You can kinda see where the roads are by the darker parts of the muck.

And on we go.

Oh, it’s Utsugi, appearing for only the second time from 21 chapters ago.

That’s Kagura and Utsugi!

Hey wait a minute hey wait a minute you weren’t there.

Koga, are you okay?

Damn. They used a strange power…

What are you trying to say?

It’s been a while. I guess you didn’t fall for our tricks, since you’re all here.

This whole plot has been your doing, hasn’t it?

That’s their own fault, for falling for our tricks.

I don’t understand what you were intending to do.

That’s what you think. Let’s get 'em.

Boss time!

Kinda! As you can see, Utsugi here is gonna put up a barrier on him and Kagura.

Easy enough to take care of, and we only need to worry about Utsugi’s. Kagura’s just gonna do Dance of Blades and Utsugi just casts Shikigami.

And once we do enough damage to Utsugi, the battle just ends.

Damn, I missed!

Yeah RIP bro

Oh, it’s the mask. Which I don’t think is cursed and has no secrets.

Well, now there’s not even a mask.

WHAT DA

That’s my face!

What is going on?

It’s a sword.

Why are you so tedious?

I’M OVER HERE ON THE SIDE WHERE YOU ARE YOU FUCKING IDIOT

They’re trying to confuse us again. It’s just a demon.

[utsu2] Just a demon, huh?

It’s not working. We should leave for a while.

I’m still not entirely sure what your aim is here.

OH NO

What happened?

A few more exclamations follow.

Who’s that pulling my hand? Is that Inuyasha?

Let’s get out of here now.

Oh no, Kagura is taking us away and not our good dumb friends.

This one is a bit more understandable since there were a lot of particulates in the air but again, Utsugi was significantly closer to Kagura than we were.

You had a hard time, didn’t you?

Kagura thinks I’m Utsugi. Then, I’ll pretend to be Utsugi. Yes.

Anyway, the Wolf-Demons aren’t that big a deal. I thought I’d make it easier for myself by allowing them to fight with Inuyasha and then I’d take care of the rest of them.

Oh okay I guess.

I see. I hope she doesn’t find me out!

You’re sure covered in mud. Whatever. I’m going back now.

But, what should I do now?

We’re behind enemy lines, folks. We’ll formulate a plan next time.

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